posted Aug 12, 2008

It's ok cornish, I think the well-informed one has gone home to have his dinner.

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posted Aug 12, 2008

Wouldn't it be a better test of human skill for each rider to ride the same horse. With today's cloning technology it must be possible to make 100 identical horses. This would surely level the playing field and ensure that the best rider won, not the best and most expensive horse.

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posted Aug 12, 2008

That has really wound me up now, i'm going to find a chill pill and take one.. lol.. Why these people who have no inkling about a sport decide it should be done another way i have no idea..

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posted Aug 12, 2008

Wushu is in the Olympics, its got a section on the official website

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posted Aug 12, 2008

The wushu tournament is running during the olympics but isnt part of it. They are having international competitors though.

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posted Aug 12, 2008

I am sorry to have to repeat my orignal point about Olympics as a measure of a nation's sporting pedigree however just think about this

Olympics medals system
Judo 14 golds
Canoe 12 golds
Equestrian 6 golds
Fencing 10 golds
Rowing 14 golds
Sailing 11 golds
Taekwando 8 golds
Cycling track 10 golds
Even swimming and athletics have too many odd events

Some of the above mentioned "sports" only got in because of national associations lobbying..anybody who celebrates Equestrian as a sport needs to get their heads checked

On the other hand football(most popular sport on earth) counts for 2 golds...same for another massively popular sport Basketball....baseball-not represented, same for cricket and rugby

No wonder people forget about these sporting heroes so soon after the closing ceremony(and kindly don't blame the TV companies for that)

Also CB if you think 14 golds for Judo is justified but not 5 for mens football team you are beyond helping

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posted Aug 12, 2008

Zombie - the olympics is about variety. For the archers/judo/rowers/etc, hell even the swimmers this is the only time that people other than hardcore fans get involved. Im not a particular fan of archery but i was still yelling at my tv like a madman as GB competed, and dont get me started on the women's road race! We have enough saturation is sports such as football as it is. Most football fans would much rather their team won the world cup, european cup, Champions League, Premier League, FA cup, maybe even the League Cup than an olympic footballing medal (i mean UK doesnt even have a team at the olympics soccer!) The medals dont have to reflect the importance of the sport globally, just the different varieties of each particular sport. Their is only won version of football and basketball, that's just the way it is. To complain about it seems a little pointless.

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posted Aug 12, 2008

Don't fancy going last on that one horse.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

jamesfbuk (U1128009), I don’t know what commentary you are watching in OZ but I never heard any bitterness in the aussie commentators about the USA winning the men’s relay, it was expected and I’ve only heard them rave about how great Michael Phelps is. Of course I’m sure very country are a little biased towards their own but I’ve seen nothing but reasonable reporting so far

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posted Aug 14, 2008

Has this made news in UK? I think its blown way out of proportion by the newspapers. I think it’s amusing. You know that the aussies love to stir the brits and vice versa. We just want to beat you that’s all

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4476001.ece

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